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- 3. What do a lot of people do after Thanksgiving dinner?
- 11. What department store sponsors a large parade in New York City every Thanksgiving morning?
- 13. In ______, Texas, and North Carolina there are towns named Turkey.
- 15. A group of domesticated turkeys is called a ______.
- 16. Only _______ turkeys gobble.
- 17. What do you call the Y-shaped bone is removed from the turkey and split between two people for good luck?
- 19. Thanksgiving is held on the fourth ______ of November each year
- 21. Benjamin ________ wanted the turkey to be the national bird (instead of the bald eagle)
- 22. Another tradition on Thanksgiving Day is to watch what sport?
- 26. The original Thanksgiving lasted _____ days.
- 27. The Pilgrims were _______, a strict sect of Protestants.
- 28. President _______ made Thanksgiving an official holiday.
- 30. A word that describes an action or connects to parts of a sentence (like "to be")
- 31. What tart berry is typically eaten or drank on Thanksgiving?
- 32. What meat is typically served on Thanksgiving?
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- 1. It is traditional for the president to _______ a turkey on the holiday.
- 2. It takes an average of 9.6 _____ for a host to prepare a full Thanksgiving meal.
- 4. The settlers lived in ______ Colony.
- 5. A ripe cranberries will ________.
- 6. A ______ conjunction connects two independent clauses.
- 7. The earliest turkeys evolved in North America over 20 ________ years ago.
- 8. What do we call the major shopping day that happens after Thanksgiving?
- 9. Roughly 65 percent of Americans would like an alternative to _______ as their meat for Thanksgiving
- 10. This Christmas song was actually written for Thanksgiving.
- 12. An average American may consume a whopping 4,500 _____ on Thanksgiving Day
- 14. Green ______ casserole is considered the least favorite side dish.
- 16. The Pilgrims came over on a ship named "The _____."
- 18. The day after Thanksgiving is busiest for _____.
- 20. What utensil had not been invented during the first Thanksgiving?
- 23. The Wampanoag ______ lived in North America for over 12,000 years.
- 24. ______ potatoes are the most popular side dish.
- 25. A person, place, thing, or idea
- 29. Around 50 million pumpkin _____ are consumed every Thanksgiving.